Best Mobile Proxies: How to choose?

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Mobile proxy servers have always been popular due to the fact that a mobile operator can use a single IP address for a large number of users, which creates problems and restrictions when visiting certain sites.

Today, when blocking some Russian IP addresses has been added to the standard restrictions, mobile proxies have become even more popular. In this article, we will look at the difference between paid and free mobile proxies and find out for what purposes and parameters to choose a server.

Why do I need mobile proxies?​

Mobile proxies, like any other proxy servers, are used if you need to access a service through an intermediary. They are also used if you need to hide your real location or change it, but do not interrupt the connection.

Sergey Polunin
Head of the Infrastructure IT Protection Group at Gazinformservis

If the site needs to be accessed through an intermediary, for example, due to restrictions on the receiving side, you can use mobile proxies. They do exactly this in this sense, but their "trick" is that your final IP address will belong to the mobile operator. However, this IP may change during the session, as it usually does when you are surfing the Internet from a mobile phone.

Mobile proxies are also used to avoid blocking any services, usually social networks, for increased activity. Mobile operator networks are designed so that a huge number of clients can work from a single IP address, and this is normal. Accordingly, by using a proxy, you will not arouse suspicion.

Free proxies only in the mousetrap​

Many people try free mobile proxies, as they are just learning to pay for such services without a "feeling of toadiness" in Russia. But, as experts note, you will still have to pay, just not with money directly, but with some data, which in our time are often valued more than money.

Sergey Polunin
Head of the Infrastructure IT Protection Group at Gazinformservis

Nothing is free. You will still pay for the service, the only question is how exactly. In the case of paid proxies, you pay the provider directly. But in the case of free ones, monetization can be very different – from collecting statistics on the sites you visit, to directly selling your personal data to the side.

When it comes to any services on the Internet, especially those that get access to sensitive data, you need to be sure of their security and the reputation of the provider. Free mobile proxies cannot guarantee this and pose a threat to the user's information security.

What threats can free mobile proxies pose?:
  • identity theft and selling it to intruders;
  • privacy violation;
  • malware infection;
  • switching to fake sites;
  • use of your IP address by hackers.

Free mobile proxy servers can create many minor problems, and they can infect your device with serious malware. Another significant risk is that other users will be able to use your IP address. This is standard practice when using such services for free, and it also happens with a free VPN. The danger is that another user using your IP address may perform illegal actions.

Best Mobile Proxies​

To choose mobile proxy services, first of all, you need to determine the purpose of use and what result you want to get. And already based on this, choose an option. It is important what connection speed is needed, how critical it is to use an individual option, or whether you can use semi-private or even shared options, and also on which sites the proxy will be used – on one, several, or all of them.

We will not make a rating in order, as everyone pursues their own goals. Someone needs a better connection and access to 24/7 support and is ready to pay for it without looking, and someone is looking for a compromise between the price and quality of the connection. We will name 3 good proxies with different pricing policies and quality levels.

Sergey Polunin
Head of the Infrastructure IT Protection Group at Gazinformservis

I would pay attention to two things – the reputation of the service provider and the cost. Everything is clear with the cost – choose on your budget. But you need to study your reputation. You need to look at statistics, information on the Internet, and even customer reviews. If you need a proxy of a particular mobile operator in a particular country, then this should also be taken into account.

The mobileproxy. space service offers paid mobile proxies under fairly flexible conditions, since you can purchase access for one day, week, month, 3 months and a year at the price for one proxy from 490 rubles to 19990 rubles, respectively.

On the site proxys.io you can get one mobile proxy at a fairly affordable price of 899 rubles. per month, but these are special terms of use, where it is sold to several users at once. It's called the shared pricing plan accordingly. There is no way to change the address via the link, and the IP address changes every two minutes. It is interesting for those for whom it is not a hindrance, since the price is really tempting. And individual mobile proxies are based on proxys.io from 3,599 rubles.

Frigate-proxy.ru offers one private mobile proxy at a price starting from 1990 rubles for 30 days. Semi-private mobile proxies for a specific site, but which will have to be shared with other people (they use it for another site) will cost from 600 rubles per month. But you can share one mobile proxy with four other people for 450 rubles per month.

Conclusions​

Today, the market offers a large selection of mobile proxy servers, from free to those that are priced at the average manager's salary in the Russian region. There are unnecessarily expensive services, but there is adequate quality for the appropriate price. Before studying the offer, you need to determine your goals and objectives as accurately as possible, and then find the option that best matches them.

Most paid options have a free trial period. It is usually provided for several hours upon request through the support service. During this time, you will be able to determine whether the speed and quality of the connection is suitable for you, as well as whether the necessary sites provide access via the server you selected.

Information security experts advise against using free services that provide mobile proxies, as they pose risks not only to your personal data, but also to the device from which you use it.
 
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